Information you may need to complete your Turn2us benefits check

Before you start to use our Benefits Calculator, we suggest that you collect together the information that you need to answer the questions that you will be asked as you work your way through it.

This includes:

• Details of all your income, e.g. benefits, tax credits, earnings from employment, State Retirement Pension and occupational pensions
• If you are married, in a civil partnership or living with someone as a couple, you will need details of your partner’s income as well. We need to know this as your benefit entitlement will be assessed as a couple.
• Details of how much money you have in savings, investments and other capital
• How much your annual council tax bill is and whether you get any help with it
• Details of your rent or mortgage payments
• Information about anyone else living with you, e.g. grown-up children. Are they in employment or on benefits? What is their income?
• Whether anyone receives Carer's Allowance for looking after you or anyone else in your household.

If you do not have the exact information that you need, it is possible to complete the process using estimates, but please be aware that the calculation may not be correct for you.

Working our weekly amounts

You will be asked to enter your income as weekly amounts. If you do not know how much you get per week in benefits, the original letter from your local benefits office will tell you.

If you get benefits or income paid into your bank account every four weeks, you can divide that figure by four to get your weekly amount.

If you get paid once every calendar month, you can multiply that figure by 12 and divide by 52 to get your weekly amount.

Benefits Calculator Information Checklist

You may find it helpful to use our Benefits Calculator Information Checklist (PDF file size 101kb) to collect the information you need before starting the Benefits Calculator.

 

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